It's a pleasant read. I can't wait to see if - or rather how - The Oldie format will change. Harry will obviously want to put his own stamp on it, won't he?

Hey, maybe this is my chance to ask for a complete page for the poetry competition! [In my dreams, I suspect.] And a different bloody prize after too many years of the Chambers Biographical Dictionary. Just how many of those damn things can they still have to get rid of??

I am more sanguine, Adrian. What Chancellor did is not really relevant. Mount is the man who teaches oldies Latin. I have great hopes of him. And I think the competition is popular. As was the Staggers one. But lefties are notoriously short on humour.